Illustrations
| ["THE DOGE SAT ALONE IN A GREAT CARVEN CHAIR"] | Frontispiece |
| [HE LAID THE MANTLE OVER THE GIRL'S SHOULDERS] | Facing p. 32 |
| ["HE LAY AWHILE, CONSCIOUS OF GREAT COMFORT"] | Facing p. 60 |
| [SHE HUNG DROOPING IN THE GREAT CHAIR OF STATE] | Facing p. 98 |
The Island of Enchantment
I
Young Zuan Gradenigo
Evil tidings have their own trick of spreading abroad. You cannot bury them. The news which had come secretly to Venice was known from the Giudecca to Madonna dell'Orto in two hours. Before noon it was in Murano.